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<h1>Creating a selector that updates a dynamic text field on a panel stack</h1>
<p class="whs1">You can create a selector that displays different 
 elements of attributes, custom groups, or consolidations in a panel stack. 
 The selector updates a dynamic text field on the panel stack. A dynamic 
 text field is a text field populated by the dataset; it is essentially 
 a reference to an object on a report. Selectors work in Interactive Mode, 
 Editable Mode, and Flash Mode. </p>
<p>You can choose to either automatically maintain the targets of attribute 
 and metric selectors, or manually define these targets. </p>
<ul>
<li class=p-Topic-Text-Bulleted><p class=Topic-Text-Bulleted>If targets 
 are automatically maintained in the layout, attribute and metric selectors 
 automatically target all Grid/Graphs and panel stacks that are in the 
 same panel or document section as the selector. </p></li>
	
<li class=p-Topic-Text-Bulleted><p class=Topic-Text-Bulleted>If targets 
 are not automatically maintained, you must manually select the targets 
 when you create all types of selectors. </p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more information on automatically maintaining targets, including 
 instructions to enable or disable it, see 
<a href="Automatically_maintaining_targets_for_selectors.htm">Automatically 
 maintaining targets for selectors</a>.</p>
<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>You must have added a panel stack to the document, to 
 use as the target of the selector. For steps, see 
<a href="Insert_panel_stack_into_document.htm">Inserting 
 a panel stack into a document</a>. If targets are automatically maintained, 
 and you add a panel stack to the same document section or panel after 
 creating the selector, the panel stack is automatically added as a target.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To create a selector that updates a dynamic text field on a panel stack</h2>
<ol type="1" class="whs3">
	
<li class=p><p>Open the document in <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Design 
 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Editable Mode</B></span>. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Expand the section where you want the selector by clicking 
 the plus sign next to the section name.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Click the arrow next to the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Selector 
 Control</B></span> icon <img src="images/SelectorControl.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="31px" height="13px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> on the Controls toolbar, and then choose how to display 
 the selector from the drop-down list. For information and an example of 
 each style of selector, see 
<a href="Defining_a_selector.htm">Defining 
 a selector</a>. When you move the mouse to the layout area, the pointer 
 becomes crosshairs.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>If desired, resize the selector by clicking and dragging 
 its handles.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>If the targets are not automatically maintained, you 
 must manually specify the target of the selector, as described below:</p></li>
	<ol type="a" class="whs5">
		
<li class=p><p>Right-click the selector and choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select 
 Targets. </B></span>The selector is outlined in orange to indicate target 
 selection mode is on.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>Click the panel to specify it as the target. The 
 sizing handles of the target are displayed in orange.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p>Click anywhere in the Layout area to turn target 
 selection mode off.</p></li>
	</ol>
	
<li class=p><p>Click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select Target</B></span> 
 icon &nbsp;to confirm that the panel stack that you selected 
 is the target of the selector.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Right-click the selector and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Properties 
 and Formatting</B></span>. The Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>From the left, choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Selector</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Select an attribute, custom group, or consolidation 
 in the Source field. The elements of the source are displayed as items 
 in the selector. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>By default, autosubmission is enabled, 
 which means that once a user chooses an item in the selector, the target 
 immediately updates without any additional user interaction. &nbsp;To 
 disable it, see 
<a href="Autosubmit_in_selectors.htm">Allowing autosubmission 
 in selectors</a>.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Now that you have created the selector, you can modify 
<a href="Modify_properties_for_selector.htm">properties</a>, 
 such as multiple selections and simultaneous display of selector items, 
 and 
<a HREF="Formatting_selectors.htm">format it</a>.</p>
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